Speed of Darkness
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Speed of Darkness
14.99 €
The near future. Medicine has advanced to the point where doctors can eliminate any genetic defects and hereditary diseases immediately at birth. But, unfortunately, there's an entire generation of people born before this therapy was developed. Society teaches them to get along with the healthy world through various programs, but it can't make them normal. Until a certain point.
Lou Arrendale is a member of this lost generation. He leads a quiet and independent life, save for annual visits to a psychologist. He has a stable job at a pharmaceutical company, has learned to look people in the eye, knows how to observe polite conventions in conversation, and does everything possible to be as normal as possible and avoid attracting attention. But now his quiet life is in jeopardy. A new experimental treatment is being developed that can cure adults of autism spectrum disorders. After it, Lou will become just like everyone else. But Lou wonders: if he is cured of autism, will he still be himself? Will he still love classical music? Will he still see the same colors and patterns, shades and tones in the world that others cannot? And, most importantly, will he still love Marjorie, the girl who will likely never reciprocate his feelings while he's ill? Lou must decide whether to agree to an operation that could completely change his worldview… and his very being.
Lou Arrendale is a member of this lost generation. He leads a quiet and independent life, save for annual visits to a psychologist. He has a stable job at a pharmaceutical company, has learned to look people in the eye, knows how to observe polite conventions in conversation, and does everything possible to be as normal as possible and avoid attracting attention. But now his quiet life is in jeopardy. A new experimental treatment is being developed that can cure adults of autism spectrum disorders. After it, Lou will become just like everyone else. But Lou wonders: if he is cured of autism, will he still be himself? Will he still love classical music? Will he still see the same colors and patterns, shades and tones in the world that others cannot? And, most importantly, will he still love Marjorie, the girl who will likely never reciprocate his feelings while he's ill? Lou must decide whether to agree to an operation that could completely change his worldview… and his very being.
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